Parachute



Feb. 6, 1923.

F WASCHE( PARACHUTE. FHED MAR E) Q21 @aux Patented Feb.' 6, 1923..

QPAr OFFICE.

" l' FRANK wnsonnx, or HmirRAMc-K, Niemann.

rAnAoHUTE I Application led March 5, 1921.- l'Serial No. 450,021.

T all 'whom it may camera Be it known that I, WAscHnK, a citizen of Poland, residing at Hamtramck', county of Wayne, and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Im# provements in Parachutes, of which the followingv is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in parachutes, particularly parachutes to be 1 0 used by persons trying to escape from a burning building. l

It is the principal object of the invention ,to provide a parachute of' this character which can be conveniently stored when not in use, quickly-made ready for use and which is provided with a seat and holder for per* sons making a descentv from a burning'skyscraper or other tall building. Another object of the invention is the provision`- of a parachute which is extremely.:

.simple and inexpensive, but which however,

.isjof positively serviceable construction. In the accompanying drawing, I have dis.

, closed certain embodiments of the invention andhave described them -in detail hereinafter, but as the invention is susceptible. of

various modifications, the forms hereinafter set forth, and which are shown in the drawing, are to be considered as illustrative,

.0,0 rather than restrictive, of the scope of the invention. u

Furthermore it will be observed that all the features described and illustrated vcooperative to form one single device intended for the positive and effective saving of a person or persons endangered by fire.

In the accompanying drawing: A Figure 1 is ,a side viewpartly in section of a parachute constructed according to the present invention, in its open position.

, Figure 2 -is a top plan view of a seat combined with the parachute.

Figure 3 isa detail view of a belt to be used in connection with the parachute.

Figure 4 is a detail view of a basket or hamper to be used withv my parachute for saving the lives of one or more children, and

Figure 5 shows in side elevation a movable platform adapted to be quickly secured to a window sill, from which the descent by parachute may be inaugurated.

The parachute comprises a rod 10 provided with a collar 11 near its upper pointed end to which is secured a guide 12 for the roof13 which is made of strongcanvas or strengthening elements 14 on its-upper side to whicheyes 15 are secured in which the ends of cables 16 are anchored, theinner ends of said cables being guided over lrollers 17' 'suitably held in a sleeve118 `slidable up and down along the rod 10. f

A similar stationary sleeve 19 is secured V like suitable material, and -provided with near the lupper end of the vrod under the i gu`ide'12 and carries rollers 20 over which cables 21 are guided andthen fastened to eyes 22 securedv to the .element 14.

At the upper end of the movable sleeve 18 l resilient hooks 22 are provided having upper angularly disposedv handles 23 and hook elements 24 intermediate their ends' engage 'suitable notches or grip overshoulders provided in a stationary sleeve 25 on the rod 10 between the stationary sleeve 19 and the movable sleeve 18.

At the lower end of the sleeve`18, a hook 26 and a ring 27 are arranged for a purpose which will be .hereafter more fully explained At'the lowerend of the rod 10 a seat 28v is located and in front of the same two rest sol bars 29 forming rests for the legs ofa perl son occupying the seat. Above the seat 28 a catch 30 is provided on the rod 10, adapted to be engaged vby the hook 26. As illustrated in Figure 3 a belt 31 may be used in connection with the parachute in order to securea person who is liable to bee come dizzy, to the parachute'before descending, toprevent the personA from falling o the same, and fory this purpose the belt has a cable 32 attached thereto provided with a The vcover 38 of the .hamper or basket lis l provided with a means 39 Jfor securing it to the hamper, said cover having air holes 40 and adapted to be closed over the hamper by a snaplock 41 or the like. K

In Figure 5 a platform 42 is shown which may be hooked over a window sill by means l hook 33 at its end which can be hooked into of its hook 43 provided with teeth 44 While' the platform is hung outside of' a window,-

, the floor 45 being braced against the verti- V' secured the hook 33 of the cable 32 attached v Y cal'member of the Ahook part 43 by means ofthe bars y46, 47 and 48 as illustrated. Thedevice operates as follows: If a fire breaks out, the platform 42 vis placed with its hook 43 against the outer Wall of a house so thatl the teeth 44 enter the woodwork vof ltakes hisseat on the seat-board 28 with his legs supported by the bars 29 i and then jumps off the plaftorm, after first having to the'belt 31 in the 'ring 27d,` wheu'the.l person fears getting'dizz during the descent.

Having thus descri d myvlnvention, what In combination. with .a parachute of'.t ,he i character-described, having a rod, a sleeve adapted to be displaced alongsaid rodin longitudinal direction, a :seatl at the lower @11d 0f vsaid rod, rest bars `in front of said' seat a ring on said'sleeve adapted to be engaged by a hook of` l'beltjsecured Vto the` waist of a person on said seat forpreventingO the person from falling olf during the descent ofthe parachute'.

In vtestimony signature.

whereof have ailiedmy' RANK WASGHEK." 

